First day out with the new FD Lens Turbo! Very well made, nice & snug compared to my cheapo FD adapters. Not quite seeing the sharpness boost in the centre, am seeing the blue dot in the brighter ones (roughly selecting a feathered circle and reducing the blue saturation a bit is crude but works to an extent!). Edge sharpness is better than anticipated.

Most of these with the FDn 50/1.4 at around f2.8-4. Would have gone faster but I was often at 1/4000 - time to consider an ISO100 NEX or an A3000 (or remember that I had an ND filter in the bag, lol)?! I like the pseudo-FF look! :-) A bit of tweaking in ACR (major highlight reduction to restore skies etc, contrast & shadows boost, vignette). Some had minor crops, but #1, #3 & #4 definitely are not.

Thanks Jim. To be honest, I need some practice with MF lenses again. I think the lens is stellar, but I am missing focus sometimes. I feel like such a newb!! IMO the handling on this lens is much better on NEX than my Contax 35-70. Very different rendering, though!

The tractor caught my eye on the drive home, I went back hoping for a great sunset, and didn't really get it... Then the cactus in the sea of mud caught my eye on the way home from that. Easily distracted, I am.

Alan-m -- Very interesting shots with lens turbo. Good luck with it!
Phillip -- I like everything you do and I especially like the results you get with the Minolta 35-70, one of my favorite lenses.
sebboh -- wish I could talk myself into a lens as big as that Leica R 350 Really sharp.
Ronny -- You almost make me wish I had a dog, . . almost. Love the shots.
Jim -- great results with 400
mco_970 -- nice shots!

Here are two shots taken from a boat in a rain shower in the early evening with a bright setting sun. They are both taken with a Nex 6 and Contax G45 F/2 wide open

Thanks, Jim, much appreciated.
mco_970, Michelle? You're right that Minolta zoom balances better as the same reach from Contax, different colours, though, I would describe them as "old fashioned", but nice.

sculptormic wrote:
mco_970, Michelle? You're right that Minolta zoom balances better as the same reach from Contax, different colours, though, I would describe them as "old fashioned", but nice.

My fafourite Minolta MD zoom is the 24-35 at the moment.

Hi Michiel - Yes, the push-pull Contax operation was always awkward on NEX (IMO of course). The MD doesn't have the biting microcontrast, which I feel contributes to it's 'old fashioned' look. I sometimes have trouble with my Zeiss images looking too crunchy and digital, and this lens has a different, smoother rendering.

I am also interested in info about the 24-35. That sounds like a nice complementary focal range.